The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 pagina's |
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... appear too copious , and he once entertained thoughts of referring to the paffages , he judged proper to felect . But , befide the great trouble and in- ceffant interruption , which this would have oc- cafioned to the reader , it ...
... appear too copious , and he once entertained thoughts of referring to the paffages , he judged proper to felect . But , befide the great trouble and in- ceffant interruption , which this would have oc- cafioned to the reader , it ...
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... appear to guide . Accident likewife , has a confiderable fhare in the events , which render them celebrated . Nay , their very errors frequently , by ftrange and fortuitous occurrences , prove propitious to their fame . But when we ...
... appear to guide . Accident likewife , has a confiderable fhare in the events , which render them celebrated . Nay , their very errors frequently , by ftrange and fortuitous occurrences , prove propitious to their fame . But when we ...
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... appears from his juvenile letters , he became delighted with that precision of thought , which is the cha- racteristic of that immortal effay and Mr. · Locke had fo warmed and fortified his innate love of truth , that the only thing ...
... appears from his juvenile letters , he became delighted with that precision of thought , which is the cha- racteristic of that immortal effay and Mr. · Locke had fo warmed and fortified his innate love of truth , that the only thing ...
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... appears to have been Mr. Betterton's good fortune , to have been not only admired as a player , but esteemed as a man . In the poftfcript to one of our author's letters to Mr. Cromwell , he fpeaks of him in a manner , which does honour ...
... appears to have been Mr. Betterton's good fortune , to have been not only admired as a player , but esteemed as a man . In the poftfcript to one of our author's letters to Mr. Cromwell , he fpeaks of him in a manner , which does honour ...
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... appear to be well founded . The figs and honey of Sicily , however exqui- fite in themselves , were common to the inha- bitants and whoever is acquainted with the nature of the human appetites , will allow that things in general ...
... appear to be well founded . The figs and honey of Sicily , however exqui- fite in themselves , were common to the inha- bitants and whoever is acquainted with the nature of the human appetites , will allow that things in general ...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ... Owen Ruffhead Volledige weergave - 1769 |
The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ... Owen Ruffhead Volledige weergave - 1769 |
The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ... Owen Ruffhead Volledige weergave - 1769 |
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Pagina 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Pagina 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pagina 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Pagina 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Pagina 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Pagina 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Pagina 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Pagina 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Pagina 355 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Pagina 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.